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Re: [MAINTENANCE] Org orphanage?
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
Re: [MAINTENANCE] Org orphanage? |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Dec 2022 12:31:09 +0000 |
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>> 5. We can offer to move orphaned repositories to sr.ht under our control
>> and mention that we can do minimal maintenance then.
>
> I'm not sure about this.
>
> Another idea is to rename org-contrib to org-orphanage and to offer to
> add *.el files there? This way we make it very obvious that these files
> receive minimal maintenance while allowing users to install them through
> GNU ELPA.
>
> WDYT?
I do not think that it is a good idea:
1. I am not sure how org-contrib to org-orphanage will affect ELPA
package
2. Adding packages to org-contrib may surprise users who install
org-contrib.
3. Most importantly, some packages have multiple files and provide a
separate *-pkg.el file. Adding them to org-contrib will require extra
work to make things installable.
4. How will we continue distributing the orphan packages on ELPA from
the new source?
I guess we may work around the above issues using git sub-modules, but I
am not sure if it is going to be easier compared to separate package
list.
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